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On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 22:38 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > james kilty wrote: > > Hello > > > > My /home is full. At least I keep getting the message that it is when I If /home is full log in as root this gives you a usable space to play with you may have hidden .trash files for different users on /home try to find them. do a mount -a or list the mount command to see where the usb disk should be mounted if it is on the full disk is this why it fails? > > boot up with, now, 0% free. Actually Konqueror says I have 4.7GB free > > out of 27.5 (100% used). It also claims the size of /home is 25.9GB. > > Contents seem to inflate like a balloon in spite of deleting (and > > emptying trash) such as .isos of 3GB. I need to transfer some to an > > external usb hard drive. I have done this successfully with previous > > editions of Kubuntu on my 64bit computer but not with 8.04. The hard > > drive automounts on my laptop, running the 32bit version of Kubuntu and > > is named FREECOM. When I plug it into the desktop, I see the icon called > > FREECOM HDD and any attempt to open it gives the nessage "mount point > > media/FREECOM HDD does not exist". (should the mount point be /media/FREECOM ie missing "/" > > > > How can I correct this and restore my communication with the device? > > > > Later I hope to perhaps move the contents of the partition to a larger > > (empty one - saved for trying other distros), perhaps using partimage, > > but can I do this in one step? > > > > Finally, if I want to back up using rsyc or Unison. Is it best to format > > my hard disk as ext3 - it is currently FAT32 or partition it? the usb disk is most useful as Fat working as a portable disk if security is not a condition. > > > I'm still having a similar issue with mine under the [LUG] Auto-mount > NAS Drive topic. > > I'd love to know the answer. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html